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West Coast Eagles vs Sydney Swans — AFL 2026 Round 4

Round 4

Match details

Home & Away
Round 4
Full time
West Coast Eagles
35163
SYD by 128
Sydney Swans
15th
of 18 · index 78Round Health Score (0–100), last 4 rounds. Scores drift down league-wide as the season's injury load builds — read the slope relative to the league, not the level.
Round health
8th
of 18 · index 95Round Health Score (0–100), last 4 rounds. Scores drift down league-wide as the season's injury load builds — read the slope relative to the league, not the level.

Evenly matched on squad health.

Season 17th of 18 · index 31
Season 11th of 18 · index 51+3vs season

Head-to-head

13Ongoing injuries9
7Long-term (LTI)6
6 dDays' rest16 d
3Games in 21 days2
5,747 kmLast month air km712 km
Squad stabilityWCE 14thSYD 13th of 18

Value-weighted players used — 1st = most churn of key players, 18th = most settled. Weighted by player value (our metric), not raw squad size.

Soft-tissue = the OSIICS muscle/tendon family — the injuries most prone to recurrence (WCE 3, SYD 3).

What do these scores mean?
Round Health
— point-in-time (0–100, 100 = no injury absences), weighting current ongoing absences on a fixed scale comparable across rounds. The league average drifts down as the season's injury load builds, so low late-season numbers are normal.
Season Health
— cumulative season-to-date: value-weighted injury burden, availability and incidence. Load-managed rests are excluded from both.
Sat 4 Apr · 7:35pm·Optus Stadium, Perth
State
WA
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
60,000

Injuries from this game

What this game cost — players hurt in it, OSIICS-classified, each linked to its injury record.

No injuries reported from this game.

Back from injury

Players who returned from injury in this game, each linking to their profile.

WCE
SYD

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (22 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

SYD carry the cleaner bill of health — WCE enter with 13 ongoing injuries to SYD's 9, 7 of them long-term.

WCE
  • HamstringHamstring Strain

    Long-term
    Due Sep 27
  • Harry EdwardsDEF
    LTI
    Recurrence

    Head/NeckConcussion

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • KneeKnee Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Sep 27
  • KneeAnterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • FootNavicular Stress Fracture

    Long-term
    Due Oct 1
  • KneeACL Tear

    Long-term
    Due Aug 20
  • Noah LongFWD
    LTI

    KneeKnee Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Jan 1, 2027
  • Head/NeckConcussion

    Moderate
    FragileDue today
  • QuadricepsQuadriceps Strain

    Minor
    Due this week
  • Groin/HipGroin Strain

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue this week
  • Wrist/HandHand Fracture

    Minor
    Due this week
  • Lower LegCalf Strain

    Minor
    Due Jul 26
  • QuadricepsQuadriceps Strain Grade II

    Minor
    Due Aug 15

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 3awaiting diagnosis
  • 6durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Knee4
    • Head/Neck2
    • Quadriceps2
  • What they lose: 6 of 9 outs are forwards

Recurrence flags repeat injuries to the same body region within 24 months.

Injury classifications use the OSIICS system (Orchard Sports Injury and Illness Classification System). © John Orchard — Free to use with acknowledgment.